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Reunited. Let us begin. dear ove. were w : off: Tie uu the broken :hads : ih old dream. And go on timppy :sbeort. and seem Lovers atain. hbough al h w.erA may s-o:E. Let us Zor. 00et the Cod. 1MaIicious Y: Who md ur loving hearts her t: tovs .And once more revel in iiw sw el old jovs, Of happy >ye. Nay, it is not too". Forget the deep plewed furrows in ,.;y brow: Forget the su'er -eaning in my hair: Look en: in meys Oh: arun 0g1 . there The o-ld love shone no wa :tier thn than now. Tie up the broken threads. and let us go, Like reunited lovers. hand in hand, Back, and yet onward, to the sunny land Of our To Be, which was our Lun Ago. __Tije Two orp1UIS-M. Bly D'iEnnery CHAPTER XXVII. THE IECOGNITION. Not many minutes after 31other Frochard w'ent in search of Jacques. Louise, recovering her consciousn:ess. which she had lost through the beat ing the old woman had given her. to force be: to remain in the garret. pusb. with all her feeble strength ago'ast the door of her prison. and, as Pleire had loosened the screws, it yielded to her pressure, and she was freed from her place of torture. For a moment she stood at the head of the stairs, with her ear strained to the utmost tension to catch any sound that would betoken the presence of any one in the hut. kut all was still. and she commenc ed to descend the stairs. feeling her way carefully, lest she should stumible on some of the decayed boards. "They are all gone," she murmured. "Pierre told me the truth. the lock would not hold. Yes. I will follow his advice. If I can tind my way to the street through that long passage. I will ask the tirst passer-hy to take me to that good doctor at the Hospital St. Louis." Trembling with excitement. she felt her way to thefeot of the stairs. where one step further in the same direction would Dave brought her in contact with the insensible body of her sister; and then groping for the wall. she reached the door. With a cry of joy she reached it. and felt, with eager.feverish hands. for the rude latch. Eagerly she tried to open it, but it resisted all her efforts: and as the truth flashed over her mind, her hands drop ped by her side, and she sunk to the floor, like one smitten with the palsy. "Locked-Locked: What shall I do?" The sudden change from hope that was almost a certainty, to deep des pair, overpowered her for the moment. But at last she remembered what she should have thought of before. "Pierre told me he had made anoth er key for it," and starting, she groped her way across the room toward tier bed, almost brushing the garments of that sister she was so anxious t o meet as she passed. With hands trembling so that she could hardly control them. Louise felt for the precious key that should assure her of freedom. A cry of joy burst from her pallId, quivering lips, as her fingers camne in contact with the precious object. "Good, brave Pierre:" she exclaimed. thankfully. "Now 1 will go at once." She arose to her feet, and made t wo or three attempts in the right direc -tion, when her foot came in contact with the clothing of Hlenriette. Hastily she stooped down, and felt of the inanimate body. "A woman!" she exelaimed, in ac cents of deepest terror. "She is cold she is dea2d!" Terribly alarmed at what she Could not see, the poor girl, believing herself to be in the presence of death. covered her face with her hands, and crouched close to the floor. "Oh, Heavens!" she cried, they have committed some terrible crime and fled!" - She timidly stretched out her hand. and passed it once more over tt e still form. In so doing she felt the heart beat and with a glad cry she raised the head of the person before her. "She is not dead: madame, madame. speak, speak to me: She does not hear me. What shall I do? 1 cannot leave her thus: Dear as was her liberty to the poor blind child, she could not leave a fel low creature in distress, and she tried by every means in her power to awake the insensible girl. While she was thus engaged Mother Frochard and Jacques entered. For a single instant they stood transfixed with surprise. an~d then. with a single thought, they rushed to ward the t wo girls. "Separate them at once-quick:" shouted Jacques to his mother. who was a few steps in advance. La Frochard did not need this warn ing cry to induce her to rush toward Louise, and grasp her roughly by the ~Zarm. "What are you doing?" she cried. "Howdid you get out?" Louise clung to the body of Hen riette, to prevent the old woman from carrying her away; but her slight strength was of no avail against -the old hag's determination, and she was rudely fung against the staircase. As if roused by the noise, Henriette opened her eyes, and showed signs of returning consciousness. "Quick." shouted Jacques, ashe saw this movement of Hienriette's, "get her out of the way-quick, I tell you the other one is coming to." "Get back wit h you-at once" cried the old w'oman, at the samem time dragging Louise up the stairs, and ac companying each word with a cruei blow. Just at this moment Pierre entered, and seeing Henriette lying upon the floor, and Louise struggling upon the stairs. he understood at once that it wvas the sister whom Louise had so earnestly prayed to meet. "But the woman who is lying there?" eried Louise to the old woman. ~'That's our business, and none of yours. Get along with you." As La Frochard got Louise to the head of the stairs. Hienriette. who had risen to her feet. saw the blind giri. and running toward her, she exclaim ed: "ALouise-Louise!" Jacques seized her instantly, .and putting his hand over her mouth. pre vented her from speaking again, or ad vancing any further. But the blind girl had caught the sound of her sister's voice, and that lent her additional stegth. M ,...ttering a cry of surprise and joy. she endeavored to escape from the old wretch who was nearly choking he'r to death. "Go in-I tell you; get in with you:" cried La Frochard, as she pushed SLouise in the room. and released hur hold of her throat in order to shut t he door. Just then Hlenriette had succeeded in pushingr Jacques hand from her month. and running to t he foot of lihe stairs. cried, in a loud voi-ce: "Louise: Sister-:" The cry gave Louise the streng'th of a lioness for a muomuent . and pusin the old woman back, she ran dlown ther stairs, and the t wo. so long sepa rated. met in a close, loving emtbrace. sh n a hie '!1 front1 of e o pLst i ''o at once: co c a it ol ence 1* 1s 1!ngerous tWe mue. kee I t t cl Ie a Ii* vv-1 j)' t, O'i Cape. I her wil! denonce . ' oil callmot Ieve "ILereC reiteraled - l'will ery om:", ;aId(li i te UimIvl: -I Will call lo:- hlvp!." see wat good it w. . iesids I r WIra VoU WO Comei? Of a family who As he said this? he rusd2 . wvr Louise, ad ing-', 'er rc'ghly 'e by the a rm. "raed her ( 1ward him ~'e is min." he exeLa . "ad I L.oui.C utred a srea1h1U pierced Pierre'- veny e' ar. g :n i fus'd iIto him' tha cou W"ich 4' thougtM hle was sN-o dleen " . this is inanous:" he cried. e rushed b)etweI, .il.k ad 1. "Do Vo dare !o ite'fere nin I me! 'ried Jacues a(lmIost bice !hims'elf wt ae "I dare:" anrwered Pi''rre. and thr I w:is that inl his eyes whienJcqs had never seen there b'efore. Against MC?" ho excalimed, gi athoug~h in dout t hatIl he liau hea ra 1 ar: y es, aint you." said Pierre.. Sold v. "I i'ave acted the coward ]ongi enough. I thought because you were Sbig and strong that you were brave a but You are not. You it wih r women--vou are a coward: in teir idefense My courage Will be mere than a match for your st rength. "Brave Pere exeaimed Louise. encouraggriy. "Depend on me. madmioiselle. re plied the cripple, who seemed to have grown less deforied, and more of a 'i man through his new-born courage. i What o you want?" demanded Jacques. whom this new phase of s Pierre's character had astonised, and he could hardly believe what he saw. "Let these two women go" was the c cripple's tirm reply. -Indeed: sneered Jacques. "Sup-! b pose 1 refuse. what, then?" b As he asked the quest ion he looked a at his b'other as if he would intim!- r date him with a glance as had ieen his wont in days past. But P'ierre's new-born courage was deep. le drew it from a source tat h could still cause it to remain. and Ihat source was tie trembling, pallid gir u bv his side. t "What then?" repeated Pierre. I "what then? Well, vou have said it: t le come of a family who kill?' ' CHIAPTERI XXVIII. REPARATION. Let us for a few moments visit the a1 Iprivate oftice of the minister of polce. e The Count do Linieres is seated at his writing-table, engaged in deep thought.- Around him are all the evi d cences of luxury which wvealth can p r chase. and yet lie does not appear com fortable. lie has just received wvord P of commendation from the king. andL vet hie is niot sat isied with himself.r Picard had called at the cilice of the c minister a few hours previous, and by h asserting that Henriette Girard hd fi been taken from La alpetriere. a t was then on her way to ine prison ship in company with the other condemned prisoners, and also by producing the I certiticate of the guaird, the valet had received an order for the release of th Chevalier de Vaudrey-from the Bast ie. tI The count had asserted t he author- g itvof the faily, and the powver of is . otice. and yet there were many thing-. b on his mind which he could not ban ish liHe reviewed his conduct toward Ta Henriette, and in his heart he could i not congratulate himself for the part b) he had taken in the prosecution of the o poo giad arrested Hlenriet te and sent e her to La Salpetriere as a fallen wom an. and now she was on her way to a life-long e-iile, branded wvith a crime of which he knew she was innorent, and for wvhich she sunfered because of EC his pride and ambition. bi IWhile he was thus ind ulging in i bese P gloomy thoughits, his wife entered, e she had not heard that Hlecriettep wa condemned to exile. and had come to intercede for the unha ppy girl. in a fer words she explaine'd the oi -T jeet of her visit. "I s too 'ite:" replied the count. re abruptly. I "T oo lat& Why? "Because she is now on her way to P the place of her- exile." replied De Linieres. in a low voice, as if l tf ashamed to allow his wife to know how far his pride could contro! his of tiial duties. "Exile"' ex:iaimed the countess. sinking into a chair, while a deathly w pallor came over~ her face. alarmingn the count more than he cared to show. --Why have you done this wickedi thing?" Her husband made her no answer. and for many moments the countess~ remained wit'h her face covered by her hand. shuddering with horror at this. ti most unjust deed that had been com- of mit ted against a defenseless. innocent a girl. A ioreat strugglge was going on in he mincY. Should she at this ime confess all her past life to her husband-- how what Henriette had done for her owsn et child, and for that reason urge her si pardon? o She trembled as she t hought of wh at i, her husband's wrath might he when g he learned all, and for some time shei could not bring herself to say those ti things which would alienate he'rself rom him.n "W hen was she sent awavy" asked e'( the counitess, in a voice trembling' wih em"otion. iF ''Two hours ago."e ''Then thcre is vet time to save her lil from being carried to that; direadlul \ Dlace:"f "There is time, if I wish to use it. "Ia repl ied De Linieres, inl a slineant of' tone. p "'She m':st be sent fjr:" exelaiimed "e the ladv-. in a tirm toine. "'Must be?" and the count elevated Ct his eyebrows in~ a manner peculiar to TF him when displeased. lI' "'Yes, must be." reueated his wife. In I will tell you why, if vou will not i interrupt me: for inI that case my curgefmight fat me."* and in a rapid manner she continued: ''I cfore I met vou. Count (Ie Liuleres. I mar- IP riedi without my parents' consent, and th: secretly, a poor man. My pa'rents ge discovered our secret. and almost be- se fore in; very eyes they murrieredr my ed husbad..Soona ftcr I became a M m~ot her. MY chil d w as t aken from en and left on tne steps o f No re Dame. pl: A p'"r man,~ ..i'nriette G1irard's su athtler, found te el-.bi. caried it to en his humble h'ouse and&" brught it ap as we one o isown. That chib is eu in ti 5ister thbat .i Henritt was separated, ta from, and whomi we should have en ve . : a Ld I a . l kee at her Oubzlsfr r. i I ' nac I s e Irce I f th'dsp :ttaton, I thle az which he fas- r ned upton his wif~e was milu anmd Turning to !1s abeh te at w ln..nthe paper-1 whi;ch) hor1% the t i soiol sero toha ulice. and thou v iei1: si he d rce l.ec~s Ipendland to hi the eientlhatd- t i p tper, sayin: r tt Lis order is cxecut- t. i Ih I!ut Ia n emsdelay. and bring b Ie ElIerw nae 1 i"i toM : !1 me im-LO As siojn as they were aione again. e m nie r approac'hed his wife, ad 6 ying his hand upon her head, said. Si a ice whih wa;1ingularly gentle 0 'd sweet: ''My pa.r :tue, 1ow you must t In an ir;-tant the coutess had lung :r arms a1u4nd her husand's neck. VI was w0ep! ng h: ppy teas u mn ii b. *cm. Now maS the secret wh exh had e j ted s') ig i.tween them and pois- I w tie 1i ves of both, cleared away. d for the iIrst time since their nmar d if o bean. they were united.1. Finland's Sad Plight. The average grain crop gathered in inland is valuer at --i0.o0.110o he estimate.d valhve of the I 00- erp si $'i0.00.0mto. W hile the loss is gen- h ali: distributed throughout Firland, vs tile Boston ilobe. ii altm.ost tal in the northern third of the a1 unttry. Peas and beans general have h died ard the potato crop has not r( en gathered: the hay has rtred or t en swept away by floods. The dis- t. ter is due to the late spring, the a early continucus chilly rains and the trly frost. in the north there have CA een only half a dozen days when it id not rain. The rains also spoiled tr :e iishing.. So complete was the fail- 0 re of vegetation that dead birds by p le hundreds have been found in the N )rests. The present crop failure is a! 1O worst, that has been experienced ti ir the last 50 years. st There are all toId about 1;00 par- ! les in Finland: 194 of these parishes b) e no0w nearly destitute. The agri- u; itnral board has received reports r om 14') of the 194 parishles showing s iat 106 have food supplies which will i itliee them until Christmas 0ord. pi he unripe rye and barley whiech the h ople are fored to use. mnake a bit- al r breadi which the hungry horses a ~fuse to eat. In somne parts oif t-be untry bread is baked from harley C sks 'and istrawv mixed with a littleo ur. Thuis produet is 'purchi:ised by ie needy peiople withI their bo arded vingiis. Such bread contains 'very tie nutrition, aid is extremely uin u:nlesome. The peasants have expended allC eir muoney for iou'r. and are COnlS' ientlv unable to buy clothing. The niier 01f famine w7as realized early the pulic~ii. Count sobriOk(oTt gov nor general of Finland, issued an peal for help in Rutssia. A volun r relief committee was oiranized inlanders. with branrches through t the country. The Anglo-A merican urch here is afliited -with this moittee. The senate has decided to construct Blie works at an expenditure ofi -5.00. and it has allotted 50.000) r the purchase of grain, which will 'Id to the people at cost. Seventy e thousand dollars will be used to cuage cottage industries. Tihe o1ices anid certain cities of Finlanda re voted various sums for relief rk. amounting in all to 8500Q.000. e voliuntary relief committee has ceived 61I25,000, but it is uinder stoodl at all this sum has been already t penedl. Pastor Kilburn of St. ~tersumg has just returned from a dge journey throughi Kuputo pro ne. ie foun d 1900 scho kl clildrei ei o were in need of food. Of this imber 1. 155 were totally destitute.o is estimated that 400,000 will be ithout food aftcr Christmas. I lusi ss in F-inland is sulTering: uip to veber 17. ., 156 pe'rsons iadl let~ ec cintry tils year via liange'. alle unknowvn niumbers of Fnlandiers ve crossed the gulf of IBothnia to een anid have taken passage from . ere. The eifects of the erop failure onmigration, hou ever. will be felt ore strongly in 190.. While full dietuils of thit' recent t r hquake disaster at Andijan. Ilujs an Centrmal Asia. are not 'btainable 0 ing to lack of c'mmnienii tioni. the icif dispatches received describe the uation as horrible. The tempera- I re has fttllen to the freezing point -- ti d thousands of persons a re 11)me s. One section of the eit v has been mpetely destroyed: onily n~e cotton ii and one ehurch arc staninig. Theb .t s.hoek drovec tire inhabitants gen- ih ily ndors,. other'wise tihe loss of ~ e 'w sid have been much greatter. :i jani is acotton centreandi exports y mil lionu p..uudtS of cotton1 ann . Tne population,. numbering 56. 1 siuls. was growingr rapidhy. The pc who are mainly saints. were en ged( in cotton raising and ginning. p' twenity (rins 19 have been destroy . The aarits are inot Rtussians. i i- are torivate owners ofi lanid buit 9 e'i cIties and towns. 'fie hioses ' ndijan are lprini1paily one-stor 9 ith aind aire built Iof unurnedu brick. A Fatta! E-rror. Mr. and Mrs. .Ioningr f n1yer. Cii., are vicad as a resuflt it ist ought. < f accidenital puisnin' uin became suddenly ill and1 his' wife t for a pihysictan. lif're onei reach-i. their ho me, SI iger had expirdi aiOi is. Singe~rr had been-: st rike w i ith. vuiins. >ihe did whilXXoe thefr vslian was: tryiu to relev bo rt, rirr., but Sim: reidlu we~ er. to sayX I he sie . It.e ini A CONSTABLE SHOT. , a i( . 1t1. Nee l.Y' whil e lo k-di i*r (-i cahIa.u'd booze7 on T:eS day 1 % at i ( wk It .McCarmiik. was 'a ;ti teI iwly'1 - oI UldeId by a nei.oo ! - up t raiun .fom Auiusta. lHe SMi.. .1 C. ilistein. his vorkiing r came in on the train from ! 'aon which reaced McCarilck u tell 'cloc aond reiraint'd up as thei.r ustoml to mieet the' train from ua ich reaches McCarniek at i 31r. New efl look one side tie t'in beginning at on,- end and Ir. lalsteiln the other. beginning at io 0thei(lr end, inteiding to mieet in th mo iiddle. Mlr. Newell on arriv ar :it in empty coal car about mid au of the train esuiel two men there wh o seemei to he about to dis oun t therefrorn. lie waited until iev reached the ground. and seeig it one of them had a jug he grappled ,Th him. wrenching the jug from his ind. the. negro imnediatelv fired at ma. Nr. Newell then pulled his gun al returnei t1e ire. tiring three meS in rapi' su'ceion, but being i e kNeiicd from the shoek and aout t fall, he is not certain that either of s shots took effect. . 4t any rate ere was no trace of either of the en after the shooting was over. al agh it seems impossible that he n .ild liave missed him at such close mite. A hreakman on the train i ated to Mr. Newell that it was in his - minion that a man living at Plum S ranch. inasmuch as be had reasons a > elieve that he was on his train, though he had searched dilligently a r him several times since leaving b ugusta. the train did not stop at lum ltranch. hence he could not get T there aind the fact that he was in ie nct of leaving the train here when n ekkd by the constable. would bear it that statement. Mr. Newell's ound. while not necessarily fatal. is a rite seriousand very painful. the ball aving entered a little below the lungs l Id to the right of the median line It ussing down t,) ald around the bene t i L ut j.tbelow the perineum. f lie Was Crazy. c Consternationi was caused in the red f tting room of the Walrof-Astoria t tel in New York Christmas after- n on by tue actions of a powerfully ALlt man. evidently a foreigner. who r tacked a man and a woman before a e was finaliy subJued. arrested and a moved to a hospital for examina- I on as to his sanity. On entering d ie stranger grabbed a guest by the s %m. shook his fist in his face and b tid rapidly and with a decided ac- c mt: "You're rich, you've had a n od Christmas dinner. The encroach- t ents of organized capital on the poor f the country have driven me from r liar to post until I can not get work. t hat right have you to eat when I 0 starv-ing? Attendants rescued c ie guest, and the excited man then t rang toward a y'oung woman. 1 atched a fur boa from her neck and e igan to berate her in similar lan- c ge. She screamed and detectives v ished in and began a struggle to S ibdue him. Nothing that would t etify thxe man was found on his a rson. All the way to the hospital t Sraved of the inil~iuities5 brought t out by wealth. lIe is said to be the p .me man who has frequented the y aderbilt home (luring the illness of d rnelius Yanderbilt. attempting to f >tain admittance. The Mlonth oIf January1. Ti'c' fello'wing date. covering aa riod of 15 years. have heen comnpiled om~ the weather bureau records at ulumibia for the month of .January: TrEMP1ER.\TURlE. Meaun or normal temperature, 46 ~ I'Lrces. t The wvarmcest month was t hat of So. with an average of 54 degrees. f Th'le conidest month was that of 1893, I ith anx average of 38 degrees. The highest temperature was 78 de- ~ ce on .Jan. 15, 1898 and 11th, 189~0. The lowest temperature was 10 de- V ~ees en .:an. 1:3. 1895 and 28th. 1897. Average date on n hiieh first killing ' ost occurred in autumn, Nov. 5th. Average date on wvhich last killing 'ost occuried in spring. March 2.3d. P'RECI PIT ATION. Average for the month. 3 80 inches. Average number of d1ays with .01 of ~ inch or more. 10. The greatest monthly precipitationI as 7. i3 inches in 1892. The least monthly precipitation was 07 inches ini 1890. The greatest amounit of precipita- ~ on recordied in any 24 consecutive C urs was 2.93 inches Onl Jan. 18.1892. The greatest amount of snowfall re- f irded in any 24 consecutive hours (re d extending to winter of 1884-85 ~ iv) was 5 inches on Jan. 18-19, 1893. 3 C'LOI'DS AND wEATIHER. i Average number of clear days 11:11 trtiy cloudy days S: cloudy- days 12. The prevailing winds have been om the northeast. t The highest velocity of the wind as :35 miles from the southwest on ( Ln. 2. 1900. Taking~ Advianxtage of' Ignoranice. The Columbia papers tell of a mostt eius and criminal practice that ise ing carried on there for the extor ' an of money from negroes and we d bt not it is carried on to a greattr less extent in many other places d that ignorant white people as ; 211 as negroes are made the victims. ~oritant interest is charged .for tns and false papers made to cover .e tracks of the Shylocks who lend The Florence Times says "it is( 1l that one of these vultures has en caught and his wings clipped t nothing like what ought to havea en done to him has been done. Peo Swho would abuse the law andh ake it a cloak for oppression and tI tort ion ought to he put to hard )or for life. We would cheerfully 0 ord such a sentence. The negro xy prefer this kind of slavery to the ternl form of forty years ago. hut does not seem to thrive so under w yoke. We have no right to take aitage of ignouranice and impotence t iether' it be in a white skin or a tk and such treatment is well calf n latedi to breed a race of will beasts the plaice of uguiet and tractable 2rers.' A leadinig peculiarity anid irterCi.tie of the ner race is that ey wll al'::ayis uork tv vultures of is kinrd fokr all theiri business deal-t s anid make their bargains with . a m.si chhi like cuonaildeuce. wihilhe ey arc the m us: suspicious cre atures eartih of really hionest pe'ople and -s' th'Orouly afraid rof their e~ds. N'ot imount oh experience .te -ches Inem~i cauit in (ur jugme~nt. Toi E Ja panes,.e ieed auo furt her praise in \bi enmet has just 'rdiercd severaZl J. a~ mVach ies frm tis cou ntry to to usdl for the' purpose of detecting Ct TEXAS FEVER. Cay be Regarded as a Native Disease in this State. THAT DR. NTESOM SAYS ABOUT IT ause(i !)y the Bite or' the Commnon1 Cattle Tick. How the Stockt Law Greatly Decrensed the Disease. The following article on Texas feve i cattle was written by Dr. G. E esoni. State veterinarian. and i: ublisded for the benetit of our tarm. rs: For the benefit of the many stoc, ;vners who read this paper I desire tc ill special attention to the cattle dis ise, now commonly known as Texas ver, but possibly better known ir outh Carolina by the names of bloody iurrian. red water and distemper. o great has been the inroads of this isease on the cattle industry of this tate during the last four years that iany men, especially breeders of bee: ittle, have become so 'discouraget dat they have abandoned the busi. ess altogether. From a business andpoint this is quite detrimenta ) the live stock industry, as it ofter rives out many men who have the ieans and could successfully continue nd leave it in the hands of the thers who have not the means to en age in other business, where such evere losses are not incurred. it i: ]so robbing many people of those aple necessities in all families, mill nd butter. Besides it is discouraging. reeders who are at present engaged i the production dairy of cattle, and eterring others who might engage in but for the fact that they fear they ight incur severe losses. I have uite. frequently published more oi ss extended accounts or this diseast nd do not think necessary to repeal t length what'I have already said 'he South Carolina experiment sta ion has left a few copies cf Bulletir 2 on this disease and they will be irnished, so long as they last, t< itizens of this State who will write )r them and state to what -exteni hey are interested in the cattle busi ess. Texas fever may be regaroed as a ative disease in South Carolina, just s we think of chills and fever as s'or s the Mississippi Valley is mentioned t is now well known to be a specitic isease of the bloed, caused by very mall animal organisms entering the ody through the bite of the commor attle tick, and by its growth and ultiplication destroys the red por ion of the blood and causes very high ver. In cattle, except calves. it va ics in its intensity In direct prppor ion to the age of the animal, or, in ther words. it is lightest on youn; aives and iicreases in severity with he age of the animal. The questior as frequently been asked If this dis. ase has been caused by ticks, why al atte did not die before the war then ticks were so common in thi: tate? That is a vital questiori anc he answer to it is that wvhen cattli re allowed to run at large and all o: hem are continually carrying tick: broughout the year they acquire erfect immunity to the disease af oung calves. As stated before, calvet o not seem to suffer very greatl3 rom this disease, and when they havt nee had it they are entirely immrunt :r all future time so far as our knowl. dge goes, and may carry ticks it -reat numbcers with perfect immunit) or the balance of their lives. EFFECT OF THE sT~OCKi LAw. When our agricultural system undel rent its modifications subsequent tt. he war, and stock law was passed lie number of cattle in the State was reatly decreased, and those few thal vere kept were penned on small areas nd herds of near neighbors wert lowed to run on the same pasture. eside, when people began to see theit attic more constantly they seemed o have taken more interest in theil are,. and especially in getting thost gly and filthy ticks off of them. Thi esult has been that since the stock iw went into eftfect ticks have rapid y disappeared in, all parts of the tate, but especiahy in the upper ountry, where -there is less woodland aore bare ground and colder winters, t is now diiticult to find many farms n Greenville, Pickens and portions ol )conee, Anderson, Laurens, Spartan urg and Cherokee counties on whici: attle are infested with ticks.- Thest ounties, and even as far south as ar south as Hampts n, have many arms in them on which a tick has not en seen for years. Many or thE lder citizens say that in one or twc eas after the stock law went intc get the ticks seemed to have disap eared as if by magic. Now what as been the result of this change': Vhere the ticks still remain the cat l are still immune to Texas fever, as hey were in the old days. But wherE be ticks have disappeared and thE attle have had no access to themr uring their lives they have had nt pportunity to become immune to this ver. The result is that as soon as ese tick-free cattle are brought int. >ntact with the ticks they develop. exas fever and a great many of them SOME CONCRETE EXAMPLEs. There are many concrete examples iat might be~ given to prove this lea and a few will be given as fol A woman and her children came er from Georgia to a cotton mill in conee County and brought with them e family milk cow, covered with eks. Now, at the mill in question, ;at many other mills, there is a comn .on pasture Into which the mill inds are allowed to turn their cat e. The cow went in with the others, e ticks on her filled up and dropped f. laid a batch of eggs, which hatch out a corresponding number of ed ticks, and these in turn were eked up by the other In the pasture bile grazing there. The result was sat a number of the other cows died: me were very sick. lost flesh, gave milk and remained qunite poor for a ng time. while still others did not em to have suglered at all, as they Ld already acquired immunity. Loss A similar case ocurred at one of the tton mills at Anderson, where cows at are frequently moved from farm mill, from mill to mill and from ll to farm, were allowed to mingle 2ely in a commou pasture. in this se the loss waseabout 8300. .Just a few weeks ago about eight or n of the best cows at Williamston ed in a common pasture used by a imber of people at that town. About the 1st of November past Mr. . Bland, Jlr., Mayesville, shipped his farm from Western North rolina 125 good grade Shorthorn our Egg Product. TLe 8-0,000,000 eggs produced yearly in America would, if laid end to end. girdle the earth twelve times at the equator. An Object Lesson. A French reformer delivered a lec ture at Lyons against corsets and lac ing. In course of the lecture a woman fainted. It proved to be the lecturer's wife, who wNore a corset and was too tightly laced. Crust Coffee. An old fashioned invalid drink is called crust coffee. Over the equiva lent of tw-o slices of bread toasted a golden br.)wn in the oven pour one pint of ioiing water. Steep gently for fifteii minutes. strain and serve, adding su:nr and cream to taste. Great Britain's Beer. Great Britain brews annually $345, 000.000 worth of beer. A Great Iron Mountain, Near the city of Durango, Mexico, Is an iron mountain 640 feet high, and the iron is from 60 to 70 per cent pure. The metallic mass spreeds In all di rections for a radius of three or foilr miles. The entire deposit is sufficient to supply all the Iron required in the world for 1.000 years. Acid Fruit Juice. The jice of any acid fruit can be made into sirup by adding a pound of white sugar to every pint of juice and boiling ten minutes. Seal in pint cans. Alcohol In Russia. The Russian ministry of fnance mo nopolizes the alcohol industry, and some Idea of the value of the output may be gained by the fact that 6,000, 000,000 corks are used annually, one third of which are produced In govern ment works. Hat Tax. In the reign of George III. hats were taxed. The last tat was 6 cents. Those above $3 in value paid a tax of 50 cents. Bark Shirts. Shirts and hats that are never in need of Ironing are worn by the In dians of the interior of Bolivia. They are made of the bark of a tree, which Is soaked in water until the fiber is softenedt and then beaten with stones to make it pliable. Egyptian Specialists. The ancient Egyptians had dentists as well as specialists for diseases of the eyes and ears. European Marriages. The average duration of marriages In England is twenty-eight years. Rus sia. with thirty years. Is the only coun try to beat her. In France and Ger many twenty-six years is the average duration. Sappho. The one poem most often translated into every language of the civilized and uncivilized world was written by a woman-"The Ode to Aphrodite," by Sdppho. Shakespeare's works have borne the test of but three centuries. Sapphos have stood through twenty five centuries. Berlin Bridges. After Venice. Berlin has more bridges than any other town in Europe. A Monster Laundry. The biggest laundry In London has seven miles of drying lines, all under cover. Eighty thousand pieces can be dried at once in the space of half an hour. A Miser's Hoard. Four thousand pounds in gold, silver and bronze has been found in the hut of an old beggar woman at Chabet-el Amem, Algeria. Work For P.risoners. Prisoners in England awaiting trial can elect to work during the period and receive payment accordingly. Honest Chinamen. Honesty Is a prevailing virtue among most Chinamen. Some of them, in their native towns and cities, often leave their places of business unguarded while they go off for half an hour or more. Should customers arrive in the meantime they find the prices of goods plainly marked, select what they want and leave the money for them. The Cradle of the Race. Dr. Moritz Alsberg in his work on the descent of man accepts as plausible Schotensack's idea that Australia was the cradle of the human race. An Early Astronomer. Thales, born 040 B. C.. was the first to note the four distinct divisions due to the position of the sun-namely, the solstices and the equinoxes. He also taught that moonlight was simply re flected sunlight and was the man who first made a prediction of a solar eclipse. _________ A Corkscrew Substitute. A convenient substitute for a cork screw when the latter is not at hand may be found In the use of a common screw with an attached string to pull out the cork. The Earth. If the earth were equally divided among its present inhabitants, each of us, man, woman and child, would get twenty-three and a half acres. school Gardens. In many of the continental cities and in some few American cities gardens are laid out In the neighborhood of public schools, and the children are taught to cultivate them. hem were taken sick, and when tr e state yeterinarian arrived he found hem to have a few small ticks on hem and unmistakably affected with [exas fever. Seven of the sick ones ied, causing a loss of about $200. Near the middle of October Mr. M1. lown 200 gradc shorthorn steers from Ieyward County. N. C. Soon TexasI ever appeared and a casu11i inspec ion showed that they were infested ith young ticks, gotten in the ears. tuek pens, or on the road from the epot to the feed pens. He lost ten had, valued at about i85~>. Mr. .1. I.'. Whittle. of Blaekville. as just had a similar experience with similar lot of steers from this san e etion of Nor'th Carolina and will i)e frtunate if his loss is not more than TiARIHEEL CATTLE BILAMELEss. It is no fault of the North Carolina attle. The facts are that all or the estern part of -North Carolina is; bove the Government quarantine ine, and cattle raised there never ave ticks on them nor do they ne uire immunity to Texas i'exer. AMERICAN AUDIENCES. Men and Women and Their Effect Upon Public 31eetngs. Am 'rican and iences are strangely alike in sme thin.:s and strangely dis similair in others. A good committee wi'l take as much pains in the ar rangement of its au(ience as of its speakers. An audience seated without crowding is seldom enthusiastic. Nei ther im an audience whose hands are occupied with bundles or umbrellas. an audience largely composed of women or an audience in a cold room. The easiest audiences to address. the ne-st responsive and inspiring. are those composed of men crowded and packed together and warm. Women naturally do not applaud or cheer. They are by instinct more self restrnined in the public expression of their emotions than .ien. Every public speaker is complimented by their pres ence. knowing that their quiet word at home is oftentimes more effective in results than the most enthusiastic shouting on the street corners by the other sex. In a public meeting. how ever, the audience gets its cue from those nearest the speaker. I rmembcr well two audiences, both from the same social class, both crowded, both In large theaters and both largely at tended by women. One happened to be In Colorado, one in Massachusetts. In one meeting the orchestra was re served for women. In the other meet ing the men had the orchestra and the women had the lower gallery and all the boxes. In both cases the audiences were entirely friendly to the speakers. The second meeting was marked by wild enthusiasm, the Erst one by re spectful attention. In the second case the mass of men in the orchestra urged on the speakers by continued applause. In the first case the men in the galler ies who started to applaud were checked because between them and the speakers was a mass of absolutely silent femininity in the orchestrn. I do not say that one meeting was less ef fective than the other, but the differ ence in tZm- strain on the speaker was marked.-From "The Spellbinder," by Colonel Curtis Guild, Jr.,, in Scrib ner's. A Supreme Court Coincidence. While in session the associate justices of the United States supreme court are seated on either side of the chief jius tice, in the order of their commissions, the oldest in commission on his right, the next oldest on his left; the third is second on the right and the fourth sec ond on the left, and so on alternately, the youngest in commission occupying the seat on the extreme left. When Justice Field was the senior associate. this arrangement produced this curious result: The names of the justices on the right had but a single syllable-Field, Gray. Brown and White -while the names of those on the left aad two syllables-Harlan. Brewer. Shiras and Peckham. All were mar ried, but no one of the justices on the right had ever had any children, while each of those on the left had both chil dren and grandchildren. The colors were all on the right-Gray. Brown and White-while the left was oolorless. Youth's Companion. No influence Above. In D~r. John Hall's time it was the custom in his church to- use the old fashioned, simple hlymns, and the sing ing was congregationlal. On one occasion William M. Evarts discovered E. Delafield Smith. thlen corpora tion counsel of New York city, singing with all his hear-t and whis peed to his fiend: "Why, there is Smith singing "I want to be an angel:' I knew he want ed to be district attor-ney, but I didnt know he wanted, to be an angel." Thle remark was r-epeated to Mr. Smith. and quick as a flash came the retort: '-No. I have never mentioned the mat ter to Evarts, knowinig that he had no influence ill that diretion." Londiing Satan Down. "Lightning knocked the church stee pe down." some- one said to Brother Dickev. --Yes; Satan's eyes always flash tire when he sees a church stee pe gwine up." "'And here's a colored brothel- killed another at a camp meet ing." "Yes; Satan goes ter meetin' 'long wid de res' er dem en sometimes shouts dle loudes'." "And a preacher was drowned in the river last week." "Oh, yes: Satan's in de water too. He 'beege ter go dar ter cool off." '"So you blame ever-ything on Satan, do yo?" "Bless God!" was the reply. Ain't dat what he's fer?" -Atlanta Constitution. Conspicuous Example. "Women are belittled and made of no account in every possible way," ex claimed the indignant head of the fam ily. "Ev-en the geographers willfully and deliberately slight her. How many really important towns in this country are named in honor of a woman? '-Well, my dear," said her husband, scratching his chin reflectively, '"there's Janesville, you know."-Chicago Trib une. An Anchor to Windward. He-Let's get married on Friday. She-Oh, George, Friday, you know, He-Yes, I know it's unlucky, but, then, if our marriage doesn't turn out well we shall always have something to blame it on.-Philadelphia Record. Lift It High. "Yo' kin allus tell er polite man," said Charcoal Eph, ruminatively, "by de way he lif' his hat t' de ladies, an' ef he lif' it high, yo' kin also tell dat he ain't baldheaded. Mistah Jackson.'' -Baltimore News. A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not learned the value of ife.-Charles Darwin. W. A. Myers. Clio. S. C.!leruns- a dairy andt h:;:d se ie m liiikc.s on which there i noet been a Ie o ars. ~Some timlas ~t spring a mr.n ae along driving : h: ti nd wante'i toturn themn ismt .ir. Myers's pasture for the rigiil. Tnle er ission was granted and the cattle taken out the next morning, but th'-y left somne "souvenit" ticks, which soon found theit- way on to Mr. Myer's milkers. Ia a few weeks he lost eight f his best milkers and his dairyv busi ness was seriously ir'jured by th sleck c of the cows that did not die. Manv more' cases could be gi;'n. but thlesr will sl'ow what a serious natter this question of Texas tever- i. getting to be in South Carolina. hilled by a Neg;ro. i" cW\Xideman. culored. shot and l'tnftly kiled "W. ft. .iny. a pr'omil en white m~-an in the Ba nks~It neig :o hood.mabout; fur' mile ca' of ' o 1 Fridve atternm'on. XBide..m vs~ aiin a row, a'-d ws ord 'eel o! the place by .Jay. lIe eame ceaed. re, a pistol an~d shot. ThIe peo le' are very much ineensed and a lyncIh THE ARIZONA KICKER. I Some Lively Items of News From A Busy Editor's Den. [Copyr'ight. 1%. by C. B. Lewis.] There will be no tall boom in Give adam Guh this year, but six more saloons will be quietly run up and tin ished off to accommodate the increas ing business. Old Jim Hlewson, ,who has just re turned from New Mexico, witnessed three lynchings while he was gone, and he says they were all bungles com pared to our artistic ways. Our last issue contained a selection of seventeen murders compiled from va rious sources, and yet Colonel Morton I has ordered us to stop his copy on the grourd that the Kicker has become too Sunday schoolish. The colonel is a nice man, and we'd like to keep him n our list, but he mustn't expect too much of a good thing. We've got to run in a few balloon and railroad ac cidents for the benefit of other read crS. If the. party who threw a rock through our bedroom window In the postotflice the other night will call and repeat the performance, we will re quite him as he deserves. It happened that we were a few seconds slow in' getting out of bed that night Old Joe Wheeler claims to have seen a silver tipped bear near Sailor creek last Sunday. If he is telling the truth, then he struck something at last he couldn't ask to' buy him a drink of whisky or lend him a quarter. The vigilance committee over at Lone Jack seems to need an Instruct Cr. It has4ung one man three differ- 4 ent times. and yet he is walking around today in good health and declaring that he has come to town to stay. M. QUAD. 31cdern Conversations. (At a funeral, whispered.) "He looks so natural!" "Doesn't he! I'm surprised. le suf fered so, you know." "Yes; so .I heard. How well she bears up!" "Wonderfully. It's really remarka ble; but, then, she always- had such will Powcr." "Yes, indeed. I remember" "Will she wear a veil?" "I don't know. He didn't approve of the idea. He always told her not to." "Stil, I think she ought to." "So do 1. It's such a comfort to a woman." "Isn't it? He was well off, wasn't he?' "Oh, yes: but I'm told that it's afl entailed." ".How do you mean?" "Well, she gets only the Income, and if she marries again it goes to a niece." "Too bad. But, then, she never would marry again." 'Don't be so sure of that I wouldn't be a bit surprised." "I know It. One never can telL rim so glad I saw him." "So am I. It's a comfort to know how he really looked." "I suppose we ought to say some thing to hery' "Oh, yes; of course. She'll expect it, you know. When the minister goes we will." "Yes; that would be the best time." New York Heral. None Passed Him. Connuolly knew all about pizefight ing and had been in the ring himself only once. In the second round he was pounded over the ropes, and at the fin' ish he felt pretty groggy. "Brace up. Connolly, brace up," whis per ed his se'cond~ in his ear. "Brace up, old man. an' stop some of dem blows." '"Sthop 'em?" says Connolly, with a wistful lock. "Bec gorra, did yez see auiiy av thim gittin' by?"-New York Times. . IHer Bargain. "Charley, dear," said Mrs. Torkins;. "I have such a bargain!" "Indeedy' "Yes. You told me that poker chips: were worth a dollar apiece, and I got: a whole lot of thenm for 75 cents!" Washington Star. An Expensive Call. Hoskins-l once paid $100 to see a, doctor. Halliday-What? IHoskin's-The doctor had four aces: and I had four kings.-Chicago Amerl can. A Study in Figures. When I was only twenty-one, My sweetheart was sixteen; - Our ages well indeed were matched, With just five years between. Bu't when I came to twenty-three The girl was just sixteen, - And people wished us happiness, With seven years between. Alas, I now am twenty-five! My love is but sixteen: N~ine years 's quite a difference,, But not too much. I ween. Na". think me not a fickle man' Nor yet a foolish churl; EindJ render, can't you understand.. It's still the same old girl! -New York HeraldA P.'isron from Teetb'. ntoLn Anderson of New York is: cea-. ias the result of a light in the .ours of v~hich he str'u.k :his oppo usuti in the mouth . An Jn'.<!;V iuck-' les were cut by thle l,>. against-the teeth. Th'le next day his hand putted; and a physician iaformned him that he: was sutfering from blood poisoning: Anderson would not permit amputa ion. anid the poison spread to the body. Eventually the hand was taken off. but too late to) save the patient. Ti-': boil weevil is to be extcrmninat si in Texas if at concerted course of action throghout the State can bring about that re-sult. At a conference helId under the auspices of the ,Comn merciai Club of D~allas and to which mef?mers of the State legislature. Sate cricials and representatives of eChmercial bodies arnd farming inter ets '-:ere invited the preliminary stepsjgre taken for waring an active camp:rgn against the pest. The leg isature is to be called upon to make a liberal appropriation to be used for